Abbreviations of Books of the Bible
| Old Testament Books | |
|---|---|
| New Testament Books | |
Abbreviations of Bible Versions, Translations, and Paraphrases
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ASV |
American Standard Version |
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FWG |
F. W. Grant’s Numerical Bible |
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JND |
John Nelson Darby’s New Translation |
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KJV |
King James Version |
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— |
Knox Version |
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LB |
Living Bible |
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— |
Moffatt Translation |
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NASB |
New American Standard Bible |
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NEB |
New English Bible |
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NIV |
New International Version |
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NKJV |
New King James Version |
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NRSV |
New Revised Standard Version |
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RSV |
Revised Standard Version |
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RV |
Revised Version (England) |
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— |
The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society) |
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TEV |
Today’s English Version |
Other Abbreviations
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A.D. |
Anno Domini, in the year of our Lord marginal reading |
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Aram. |
Aramaic |
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BBC |
Believer’s Bible Commentary |
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B.C. |
Before Christ |
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c. |
circa, about |
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cf. |
confer, compare |
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chap. |
chapter |
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chaps. |
chapters |
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DSS |
Dead Sea Scrolls |
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ed. |
edited, edition, editor |
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eds. |
editors |
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e.g. |
exempli gratia, for example |
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et al. |
et alii, and others |
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fem. |
feminine |
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Gk. |
Greek |
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Heb. |
Hebrew |
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ICC |
International Critical Commentary |
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ibid. |
ibidem, in the same place |
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i.e. |
id est, that is |
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lit. |
literal, literally |
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LXX |
Septuagint (ancient Gk. version of the OT) |
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marg. |
margin, marginal reading |
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masc. |
masculine |
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ms., mss. |
manuscript(s) |
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M |
Majority Text |
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MT |
Masoretic text |
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n.d. |
no date |
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NIC |
New International Commentary |
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n.p. |
no publisher, no place of publication |
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NT |
New Testament |
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NU |
Nestle-Aland/United Bible Societies Greek NT |
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OT |
Old Testament |
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p., pp. |
page, pages |
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trans. |
translation, translator, translated |
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vol(s). |
volume(s) |
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v., vv., |
verse(s) |
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vs. |
versus |